October 2004 - Posts

• Shipping the October Community Technology Preview

  As part of my tasks as a release manager, from time to time I actually get to ship software! Last week we shipped the Community Technology Preview (CTP) for October. This month’s CTP consisted of a new build of the web download packages of the Visual Read More... Posted Monday, October 25, 2004 3:13 PM by release_team | 0 Comments

• Product Metrics/Release Criteria

  As we drive towards Whidbey Beta 2, the Product Metrics/Release Criteria are a main guiding principle in assuring we are shipping the right quality product. These metrics/criteria are made up of a number of goals and test coverage requirements (approx. Read More... Posted Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:55 PM by release_team | 5 Comments

• Product Unit Reviews

  We’ve been driving our bug counts down over the past few months, with an eye on what we call ZBB . We " went dark " a few weeks back, which had a significant impact on the overall bug count and really improved the quality of the product. We’ve fixed a Read More... Posted Monday, October 11, 2004 6:05 PM by release_team | 6 Comments